The musicians of the Adelphi Quartet have decided to disband after seven years of playing together. Violinists Maxime Michaluk (Belgium) and Esther Agusti Matabosch (Spain),  British violist Adam Newmanb, and German cellist Nepomuk Braun … » Read

On Jan. 1, 2025, Robert Suttman will succeed Sara Cutler as president of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. Cutler has led the union since August of 2023. Suttman, who ran unopposed, is a trombonist who has played in 95 Broadway … » Read

Wisconsin Conservatory of Music (WCM), the state’s largest independent non-profit music school, currently claiming 10,000 students of all ages and skill levels, is celebrating its 125 th anniversary. As such, Milwaukee’s Mayor … » Read

NEW DELHI (AP) — Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from idiopathic pulmonary … » Read

CHICAGO— Between 1918 and 1921, Arnold Schoenberg organized the Society for Private Musical Performances in Vienna. The group’s credo was simple: Premiere works should be performed more than once to be properly absorbed and assessed. … » Read

The Utah Symphony/Utah Opera (USUO) has selected Delyana Lazarova as principal guest conductor. The Bulgarian native’s two-year contract begins in 2025-26; she will conduct two Masterworks programs in the first season and three in the … » Read

As Blake-Anthony Johnson exits to become CEO of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, the Chicago Sinfonietta has announced an interim CEO effective January 1. She is Wendy Lewis, founder and CEO of an LLC bearing her name that … » Read

It was not the first time British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason was denied boarding a flight with instrument in hand. Scheduled to perform on Dec. 11 with his pianist sister Isata, Kanneh-Mason had purchased a separate seat for his 300-year-old … » Read

Over 700 arts, science, history, and heritage nonprofits in King County, WA, are to receive $70 million in 2025, the result of a sales tax increase of .1 percent that began accruing this past April . Dubbed the Doors Open initiative, the … » Read

The College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has announced a new head of the school of music in Milton Rubén Laufer , starting July 1 and reporting into CFA Dean Mary Ellen Poole. Laufer succeeds Jonathan Bailey Howard , … » Read